Activity: Scavenger Hunt

Activity:
Scavenger Hunt

What is Art?, Who Shapes Art?, Where is Art?
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Hint: Use whatever resources you have available to answer these questions, but especially the Internet. Many Internet resources on these topics are provided here for your use.

Frank Lloyd Wright built the Guggenheim Museum in 1959. What is the unique shape of the building, and why did Wright choose this shape? What contemporary artist has been termed a "word architect" for his use of text as a visual medium?

This Cuban ballerina gradually lost her eyesight but continued to produce ballets including Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, and Giselle. When Fidel Castro became President of Cuba in 1959, this dancer became director as well as ballerina of the National Ballet of Cuba. Who is she?

Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) broke the boundaries of conventional oil painting by pouring or dripping paint onto the canvas, which was stretched out on the floor. Why did Pollock choose this method? Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a famous German composer. He wrote his most famous orchestral work, the Fifth Symphony, as a symbol of his will to live with a disability he acquired. What is this disability?

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Frank Lloyd Wright built the Guggenheim Museum in 1959. What is the unique shape of the building, and why did Wright choose this shape?				What contemporary artist has been termed a "word architect" for his use of text as a visual medium?
		This Cuban ballerina gradually lost her eyesight but continued to produce ballets including Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, and Giselle. When Fidel Castro became President of Cuba in 1959, this dancer became director as well as ballerina of the National Ballet of Cuba. Who is she?

	Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) broke the boundaries of conventional oil painting by pouring or dripping paint onto the canvas, which was stretched out on the floor. Why did Pollock choose this method?		Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a famous German composer. He wrote his most famous orchestral work, the Fifth Symphony, as a symbol of his will to live with a disability he acquired. What is this disability?